3 Monitoring Internet activity : 3.6 Bandwidth Consumption
The Bandwidth Consumption reports allows you to monitor bandwidth usage. Three types of reports are available:
3.6.1
The Top Sites report displays the amount of bandwidth consumed by visited websites on a specific date.
Navigate to Monitoring ► Bandwidth Consumption ► Top Sites to access the Top Sites report.
Show Hits Over Time Chart - for more information, refer to the Charts section in this chapter.
Group by Domains - (in the Display Filters group) when selected the list is grouped by website-visited domain.
Hide Referrals - (in the Display Filters group) when selected the list displays only the URLs of the sites which most likely were entered manually by the user.
Bandwidth (DL/UL) - the total bandwidth used by each site
Site - the site that was accessed by the users
Hits - the total number of requests (more than one request can be submitted for the same site) by the user
Web Category - the classification of which the accessed site forms part of
By default, the lists are sorted by Bandwidth in descending order, but all columns can be sorted in either ascending or descending order by clicking on the appropriate column heading.
Select the Site hyperlink to view the Site Access History. For more information, refer to the Site Access History section in this chapter.
3.6.2
The Top Users report displays the amount of bandwidth consumed by users/IP addresses on a specific date.
Navigate to Monitoring ► Bandwidth Consumption ► Top Users to access the Top Users report.
Show Hits Over Time Chart - for more information, refer to the Charts section in this chapter.
User/IP - the user/IP that is being monitored
Usage (DL/UL) - the total bandwidth used by each user
Hits - the total number of requests (more than one request can be submitted for the same site) by the user
Sites Accessed - the total number and names of different sites accessed by the user
By default, the list is sorted by Usage (DL/UL) in descending order, but all columns apart from Sites Accessed can be sorted in either ascending or descending order by clicking on the appropriate column heading.
Select the User/IP hyperlink to view the User History Details. For more information, refer to the User History Details section in this chapter.
The Top Categories report displays the amount of bandwidth consumed by categories of visited websites on a specific date.
Navigate to Monitoring ► Bandwidth Consumption ► Top Categories to access the Top Categories report.
Bandwidth (DL/UL) - the total bandwidth used by each web category
Web Category - the classification of which the accessed sites form part of
Number of Sites - the number of sites that were accessed by the users, which form part of the category
Number of Users - the number of users that accessed the sites which form part of the category
By default, the list is sorted by Bandwidth (DL) in descending order, but all columns can be sorted in either ascending or descending order by clicking on the appropriate column heading.
Select the Web Category hyperlink to view the details for the web category. The information displayed includes:
Site - the site that was accessed by the users
User/IP - the user/IP that is being monitored
Bandwidth (DL/UL) - the total bandwidth used by each site
Hits - the total number of requests (more than one request can be submitted for the same site) by the user